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The G h Weber State University THE GREAT OUTDOORS n See page 5 Volume 66 Issue 85 wsusignpost.com if.--; t- Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Nation celebrates 50 years since the landmark court decision of Brown v. Board of Education By Natalie Cutler news editor The Signpost Juan Williams, National Public Radio senior correspondent and political analyst for Fox Television, said everyone has a relationship to the decision made 50 years ago in the Brown v. Board of Education case that ultimately overturned the "separate but ejual" policies of Southern public schools. "I sit here in die foothills of the great Wasatch Mountains," Williams said, "and I think to myself that Brown, in essence, was a change in the American landscape to such an extent that really it is hard to remember what America looked like before Brown happened." Williams, author of several books and former Washington Post correspondent, was invited to speak to Weber State University students and community members at a discussion hosted by various WSU offices in the Shepherd Union Ballroom Tuesday" morning. The discussion was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Williams said some of the people he has spoken to were alive ii the 1950s when the Brown decision was put into effect. Many of them did not realize the impact it had on society at the time but understand now that they witnessed history being made. , s f . i ; - . .: ,i i " , ' ( - . ' 'II ' ' - , : - ; 'J'-, '?' fy ' ' - ' ' -' f ',sf'5J 5' ; . ' i - 1 :- t I : i i ! i . , . ,.! -,- - ' j Ji . . " - . . ; See Changes page 3 Juan Williams, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" host, spoke about the changes America went through as schools were integrated in the 1950s. t v . ,7 i V? fx - - Radio station to auction DJs for dinner, concert date By Paul Garcia managing editor The Signpost Matt Johnson eats his way to a first-place tie at the Stewart Bell Tower Monday morning. The pie-eating contest was held as a part of Student Activities' weeklong Sunfest 2004. Wednesday at 10 a.m. there w'H be a dunking machine at the Bell Tower, with Beach Bingo and comedian Buzz Sutherland at the Gallery at 6:30 p.m. The annual Sunfest offers students a respite from the vigorous end-of-semester routine. With warm temperatures forecasted for the remainder of the week, Sunfest activities will be in full swing. Students will have a chance to date their favorite DJ Friday, when DJs from Weber State University's radio station KWCR 88. 1 step out from behind the microphone and into the Stewart Bell Tower Plaza to be auctioned off as dates for April 23 's "The Edge Lounge" singersongwriter festival. The dates will consist of dinner with a DJ and free entry into the Edge Lounge. "Everyone is going together, all the DJs and their dates, so nobody will be uncomfortable," said Katie Lews, an 88.1 DJ. The Date the DJ event was patterned after a similar auction Lewis helped with in high school. "It actually earned quite a bit of money for the group," she said. Approximately 15 DJs signed up to be auctioned off in order to help raise money for a new transmitter for the station. The current transmitter is from the late '60s, and the antenna was a damaged one purchased from Texas. The antenna was hit by lightning, and the lightning changed the frequency from "Everyone is going together, all the DJs and their dates, so nobody will be uncomfortable' Katie Lews KWCR 88.1 DJ 90.9 FM to 88. 1 FM, making it useless to its former owners. 88.1 purchased it because it was their frequency, but they've had to be very accommodating to the damaged equipment. "It's got a crack in it; it's not made for the cold weather," said Ashlie Johansen the 2004-05 KWCR general manager. "In the winter we have to turn down the wattage." A new transmitter will allow more students to listen to the shows put on by student DJs at 88.1. "We're trying to raise money for a new transmitter because right now you have a See Date page 13 1dcDFdI Legal, health aftermath of alcohol, drug use may outweigh temporary fix By Christine Harms asst. copy editor The Signpost Living with addiction: Part two of three Being pulled over for a minor traffic violation can have serious consequences for a repeat offender with illegal narcotics in his or her possession. "I spent 42 days in jail after I was arrested," said Sheila Dominguez, Weber State University student and Weber County Drug Court graduate. "The judge asked me what my problem was and I told him I was addicted to cocaine.' I had to have it. If I didn't have it I would get sick. " If I didn't drink, I got the shakes. I went through drug and alcohol withdrawals in jail; it was pure hell." According to Robert Wadman, WSU criminal justice professor and former police chief, the United States is using a highly punitive approach to dealing with drug addicts. This is the policy American people demand, even though treatment for drug addiction even state or federally funded treatment is less expensive for everyone involved than incarceration. "It costs more money to lock somebody up than it does to send a deserving person to Harvard," Wadman said. "I could send you to Harvard, buy your books, pay for your room and board, pay your tuition and bring you home for Christmas for less money than what it costs to put you in a federal penitentiary." The annual cost to keep an inmate in the Utah State Prison for one year is $24,000. This does not include tax dollars spent on public assistance, welfare for children and spouses of inmates who have lost a breadwinner, and foster care for children who have lost their caregivers. "If you've been a victim of a crime See Bottom page 14 Coming Up: Part 3 of 3 of Living with Addiction series Environmental Mall Events commemoi ting the Holocaust

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The G h Weber State University THE GREAT OUTDOORS n See page 5 Volume 66 Issue 85 wsusignpost.com if.--; t- Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Nation celebrates 50 years since the landmark court decision of Brown v. Board of Education By Natalie Cutler news editor The Signpost Juan Williams, National Public Radio senior correspondent and political analyst for Fox Television, said everyone has a relationship to the decision made 50 years ago in the Brown v. Board of Education case that ultimately overturned the "separate but ejual" policies of Southern public schools. "I sit here in die foothills of the great Wasatch Mountains," Williams said, "and I think to myself that Brown, in essence, was a change in the American landscape to such an extent that really it is hard to remember what America looked like before Brown happened." Williams, author of several books and former Washington Post correspondent, was invited to speak to Weber State University students and community members at a discussion hosted by various WSU offices in the Shepherd Union Ballroom Tuesday" morning. The discussion was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Williams said some of the people he has spoken to were alive ii the 1950s when the Brown decision was put into effect. Many of them did not realize the impact it had on society at the time but understand now that they witnessed history being made. , s f . i ; - . .: ,i i " , ' ( - . ' 'II ' ' - , : - ; 'J'-, '?' fy ' ' - ' ' -' f ',sf'5J 5' ; . ' i - 1 :- t I : i i ! i . , . ,.! -,- - ' j Ji . . " - . . ; See Changes page 3 Juan Williams, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" host, spoke about the changes America went through as schools were integrated in the 1950s. t v . ,7 i V? fx - - Radio station to auction DJs for dinner, concert date By Paul Garcia managing editor The Signpost Matt Johnson eats his way to a first-place tie at the Stewart Bell Tower Monday morning. The pie-eating contest was held as a part of Student Activities' weeklong Sunfest 2004. Wednesday at 10 a.m. there w'H be a dunking machine at the Bell Tower, with Beach Bingo and comedian Buzz Sutherland at the Gallery at 6:30 p.m. The annual Sunfest offers students a respite from the vigorous end-of-semester routine. With warm temperatures forecasted for the remainder of the week, Sunfest activities will be in full swing. Students will have a chance to date their favorite DJ Friday, when DJs from Weber State University's radio station KWCR 88. 1 step out from behind the microphone and into the Stewart Bell Tower Plaza to be auctioned off as dates for April 23 's "The Edge Lounge" singersongwriter festival. The dates will consist of dinner with a DJ and free entry into the Edge Lounge. "Everyone is going together, all the DJs and their dates, so nobody will be uncomfortable," said Katie Lews, an 88.1 DJ. The Date the DJ event was patterned after a similar auction Lewis helped with in high school. "It actually earned quite a bit of money for the group," she said. Approximately 15 DJs signed up to be auctioned off in order to help raise money for a new transmitter for the station. The current transmitter is from the late '60s, and the antenna was a damaged one purchased from Texas. The antenna was hit by lightning, and the lightning changed the frequency from "Everyone is going together, all the DJs and their dates, so nobody will be uncomfortable' Katie Lews KWCR 88.1 DJ 90.9 FM to 88. 1 FM, making it useless to its former owners. 88.1 purchased it because it was their frequency, but they've had to be very accommodating to the damaged equipment. "It's got a crack in it; it's not made for the cold weather," said Ashlie Johansen the 2004-05 KWCR general manager. "In the winter we have to turn down the wattage." A new transmitter will allow more students to listen to the shows put on by student DJs at 88.1. "We're trying to raise money for a new transmitter because right now you have a See Date page 13 1dcDFdI Legal, health aftermath of alcohol, drug use may outweigh temporary fix By Christine Harms asst. copy editor The Signpost Living with addiction: Part two of three Being pulled over for a minor traffic violation can have serious consequences for a repeat offender with illegal narcotics in his or her possession. "I spent 42 days in jail after I was arrested," said Sheila Dominguez, Weber State University student and Weber County Drug Court graduate. "The judge asked me what my problem was and I told him I was addicted to cocaine.' I had to have it. If I didn't have it I would get sick. " If I didn't drink, I got the shakes. I went through drug and alcohol withdrawals in jail; it was pure hell." According to Robert Wadman, WSU criminal justice professor and former police chief, the United States is using a highly punitive approach to dealing with drug addicts. This is the policy American people demand, even though treatment for drug addiction even state or federally funded treatment is less expensive for everyone involved than incarceration. "It costs more money to lock somebody up than it does to send a deserving person to Harvard," Wadman said. "I could send you to Harvard, buy your books, pay for your room and board, pay your tuition and bring you home for Christmas for less money than what it costs to put you in a federal penitentiary." The annual cost to keep an inmate in the Utah State Prison for one year is $24,000. This does not include tax dollars spent on public assistance, welfare for children and spouses of inmates who have lost a breadwinner, and foster care for children who have lost their caregivers. "If you've been a victim of a crime See Bottom page 14 Coming Up: Part 3 of 3 of Living with Addiction series Environmental Mall Events commemoi ting the Holocaust